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GERGE W. WOOD, 0F RIGIIMOND, INDIANA.

" Laim Paten: No. 6.1975, dazed April 16, 1867.

INKING APPARATUS.

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QTO ALL WI-IOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. WOOD, of Richmond, in the county of Wayne,and State of Indiano, have invented a new and useful improvement inInking Apparatus, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making part of"`tliis speeiiication, in which- Figurel is a vertical transverse section; and

Figure 2`is a front elevation. v

The saine letters are employed in both guresin the designation of partswhich are identical.

The following description will enable one skilled in the art toconstruct and apply my invention.

A, A1, and A? are a series of any required number of inlifountains`adjustably attached to the frame B, so that the fountain may be setforward or back to regulate tHe pressure of the feed-rollers D, Dl, andD2, whiclrare attached to, the oscillatingframe C. Theframe C isactuated in the ordinary manner, by mechanism which causes it tooscillate at proper intervals between the fountain andthe inking belts,by which the inl: is transferred from the fountain t o the type throughthe medium of the soft rollers D, D1, and D2, made of the usualmaterial. The rollers in front f the fountains are caused to revolve bymechanism so arranged as to give them a partial revolution when theyarebrought into Contact with thesoft rollers D, D1, and D?. As thisarrangement i-s familiar in presses it is not necessary to show it here.I have shown in the drawings. three sets of fountains; the number may bemore or less. The number of the soft rollers in the oscillating framewillem-respond with the number of'fountains, and there is acorresponding number of rollers, E, El, and E2, adjustably attached tothe frame I, so that the pressure of the soft rollers D, the., may beregulated as may be necessary for the proper transfer of the ink fromthe sot't'rolleizs to the inking` belts G, Gl, and A series of endlessbelts, Gr, Gl, and G2, is carried around the respective rollers E, E1,and E2, and all passed around the roller I, the

journals of which are held inthe radial frame F. II H II, Hl Hl H1, andII2 H2 HZ are sets of metal or wooden rollers restinfar against theupper surfaces of the respective sets of. belts Gr, Gl,'and G2. I haveshown three of p these rollers, which I shall call the distributingrollers; in each set the number I should prefer to have greater, as thework will b'c more perfect according to the increase iu their number.The inl: taken 'from the soft rollers 'D-'D D2 upon the surface of thebelts G GI G72, is distributed by the rollers H, Hl, and H2, whichrevolve upon their respective axes attached to theradia-larmsrof theframe F. The simple revolution upon their axes of the distributingrollers would not given perfect distribution to the inkupen the belts,and I therefore cut threadsf upon the journals of these rollers ZL,7L,'and h2, at one end of roller, passing through corresponding femalescrews in the radial arms; thc journals upon the other ends may besmooth, The screws t, t, and h2, I make alternately right and-leftscrews, sothat the distributing rollers may have alternately areciprocating motion in opposite directions across the face of thebelts, and at the same time a revolution upon their respective axes. Kand Kl are the composition rollers. These aresoft rollers, to which theink is transferred from, the inking bclts'G Gl G2. The journals of theserollers should be adjustably attached to frame F, so that they may bevertically adjusted in relation to the type.v L is the bed upon whichthe forni is placed, so that the lines of type shall run from front torear. A reciprocatinr motion is communicated to the bed so as to currythe type'l under and press their faces against the soft compositionrollers K and Kl, from which each line will take up its` appropriatecolor. The width and position of the distributing belts must beregulated according to the size of the type or width of cach breadth ofcolor intended to be given on the finished job. The belts areV held inlposition by any suitable device to prevent any lateral motion along therollerrI. I have .shown one mode of eil'ecting this. Plates Oarcattached to the radial frame F, and constructed with a,v series ofholes, through which pins O may be passed upon each side of the belts. Apreferable arrangement would probably be to use rollers with adjustableilanges, between which the belts should bemade to pass.

In describing the distributing rollers I-I I-Il HZ I'should have addedthat I prefer to make these rollers of diiferent diameters, as -thedistribution of the ink willlbe more perfectly eifected by such rollerstlran'if they were all inadc of the same diameter. L is rack on one sideo.' the hed'Ii, the teeth of which engage -these` of a pinionLM, on awrist between the-journals of the composition rollers. This piniondrives the spur.. wheel Non the journalof the roller I. Thereciprocating motion of the bed L and rack Ll will thus cause the rollerI to revolve alternately in diiferent directions, and give areciprocating revolution to the distributing belts G G'l G2, and by thefriction of their surfaces also a reciprocating revolution to thedistributing rollers H H1 H2, andalso cause the latter with areciprocating motion to traverse longitudinally across-the face of thedistributing belts, each in a direction opposite to that in which theadjoining roller in its own set is moving. This inking apparatus may beapplied to use for printing ina single color, by removing the belts GGriGr2 and substituting therefor a singleWidc belt or endless apronextending around one of the rollers E, E, or El, and around the rollerI. i

I have shown in niydrawings the form of inking apparatus adapted to useon a cylinder press. It may also be applied to other varieties ofpressesas to the platen job presser to the Adams press. In the lattercases the bed being stationary, a reciprocating motion must be giventothe composition rollers K Kl, after receiving the colors from thebelts Gr Grl G2. These changes only applying to the arrangements ofparts for connecting my apparatus with the press', do not atleet myinvention, which relates to the mode of effecting the distribution ofcolors upon the distributing 'belts G Grl G2, and the transfer thereoffrom the belts to the compositibn rollers, and is not intended to beconned to any particular mode of transferring the colors to the type,

the arrangement for which must depend upon ,the particular constructionof the, press to which the inking apparatus is to be applied. Where theapparatus is applied to a platen press the belts will have a continuousrevolution in one direction; this will require a modification of thescrews for actuating the distributing` rollers longitudinally. For suchcases I would cut a double thread, right and left, on the journal, andobtain the reciprocating motion from the crescent-formed bearing incommon use for that purpose.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-- 1. The usein an inking apparatus of one or more inliing' belts forconveying'the ink, whether applied auto. matically from a fountain or byhand.

2. The combination of a fountain from which the ink is transferred tothe inking belts, the inking belts and the distributing rollers.

3. The combination of one or more i'nking belts and the compositionrollers from which the ink is trans'-v ferred to the type. i

4. The combination of the driving roller I, the inliing belts anddistributing rollers turning upon their axes, and also having alongitudinal reciprocating motion.

5. The arrangement of the distributing rollers and inking belts so thatthe former shallhave a revolution upon their axes and at the same timean alternately reciprocating motion in opposite directionslongitudinally in contact With-'the face of the belt. l I

G. The combination of the adjustable fountains, thel soft rollersattached to an oscillating frame, and adjustable rollers around whichthe inling belts are carried. y

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEO. W. WOD.

Witnesses JOHN S. HoLLINcsnnA-n, JOHN D. BLoon.

